Grilled Fish Tacos

Grilled Fish Tacos

Cuisine: Seafood
Prep/Preheat time

25

minutes
Grill time

11

minutes

Make your own flavorful fish tacos on your outdoor electric grill. Easy to follow step-by-step electric grill recipe for making grilled fish tacos with wood-fired flavor on your outdoor electric grill, including homemade fish seasoning and chipotle crema.

Ingredients

  • 2-4 Fish fillets

  • Extra virgin olive oil

  • Homemade Fish Seasoning or your favorite fish seasoning (I like Badia Seafood Seasoning Creole Blend)

  • Avocado, diced

  • Cabbage or Broccoli slaw

  • Shredded cheese

  • Tortillas

  • Homemade Chipotle Crema or your favorite creamy fish sauce (I like Cacique Cilantro Lime Sour Cream)

  • Homemade Chipotle Crema (Make half for only 2 fish fillets)
  • 2 Tablespoons Sour cream

  • ½ teaspoon Lemon juice

  • ½ teaspoon Homemade Fish Seasoning

  • ⅛ teaspoon Ground chipotle chile pepper

Directions

  • Prep Your Outdoor Electric Grill
  • For Grilled Fish Tacos, put 1½ Tablespoons wood pellets in the smoker tube. Evenly distribute the pellets so that they are in a single layer in the tube.
  • Uncover grill. Plug into the outlet and press Reset, Test, and Reset again on the cord’s safety device.
  • Place the smoker tube toward the back of the grill, close the lid, and preheat for 25 minutes on High.
  • Prep the Fish for Tacos
  • Remove the fish fillets from the refrigerator 20 minutes before grilling.
  • Pat fillets dry with paper towels.
  • On a sheet pan, spray and brush olive oil and sprinkle fish seasoning on both sides of the fish.Seasoned Uncooked Fish
  • Combine the Homemade Chipotle Crema ingredients in a small bowl.Homemade Chipotle Crema
  • Grill the Fish for Tacos
  • After your outdoor electric grill has preheated, place the fish on the grill skinned side down. Keep the lid closed unless you are turning the food.
  • Grill on High Heat for 3-5 minutes depending on the thickness of the fillets.
  • Carefully turn fish over with a long grill turner and grill for 3- 5 minutes until completely opaque and reach an internal temperature of 145F.Grilled Fish on outdoor electric grill
  • Carefully move fish fillets to a plate. Warm the tortillas on the grill for a few minutes, turning once.Grilled Fish cooked on outdoor electric grill
  • Assemble your grilled fish tacos by layering shredded cheese, fish chunks, toppings, and sauce on a tortilla!
  • Clean Your Outdoor Electric Grill
  • After removing the Grilled Fish for tacos, close your outdoor electric grill lid and leave it on High for 10 minutes.
  • Turn the grill off. Leave the lid closed for at least 10 minutes or until you are ready to clean the grill.
  • While the grill is still warm, brush the grill grate with a stainless steel grill brush.
  • Leave the lid open to let the grill cool down and wood pellets burn out.
  • Lift the grates and use a plastic putty knife to lightly scrape debris from the bottom of them and the lower bowl through the hole into the drip pan.
  • Wipe the grates and the inside of the lid with a dry paper towel to remove any remaining loose debris.
  • Remove the aluminum foil drip pan liner.
  • Careful to make sure the smoker tube is cool, empty ash from the smoker tube into the drip pan liner. Place a small amount of water on the ash in the pan to ensure the ash is wet and cold.
  • Wipe the drip pan liner out with a paper towel into a trash can and wash it with hot water and soap. Dry and return to grill.
  • Unplug the grill and replace the cover.

Grill Time Summary

Side 1High4 min
Side 2High4 min
Warm TortillasHigh3 min